Dr. Xihui Chen
Assistant Professor
Dr. Xihui Chen has been an Assistant Professor of Accountancy at Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University since May 2022. She is a visiting professor at the University of Economics in Katowice in Poland, and serves as an external examiner for the University of Northampton and Bloomsbury Institute on the Accounting and Financial Management subject. She is the first Chinese international student president of all UK Students’ Unions.
The focus of her research is interdisciplinary, and she is currently exploring the impact of disruptive technologies and digital transformation on corporate governance and management accounting practices. Xihui has presented her research at many top international conferences (BAM, BAFA, EAA, MFAIC, and ICGS) workshops, and research seminars across the globe. She has been published in leading peer-reviewed international journals and magazines (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Financial Management Magazine). She is an efficient, organised, and responsible scholar who knows how to make things happen. Please contact her if you have any potential research collaborations or funding opportunities that match her skills and experience.
Xihui will consider research proposals from prospective PhD students with strong research potential that align with her research interests - disruptive technologies for accounting, finance, governance, data analytics and sustainability.
Her interests cover Accounting, Finance and Governance, including Digital Skills/Data, Corporate Governance, Management Accounting, Auditing and Research Methods.
Areas of interest
- Corporate Governance, Innovation, Disruptive Technology, Technology Adoption, Digital Transformation, Financial and Non-Financial Information Evaluation
Qualifications
2021, Fellow of Higher Education Academy, Teesside University, UK
2019, PhD in Corporate Governance and Innovation, Nottingham Trent University, UK
2013, MSc in Management (Financial Analysis), University of Northampton, UK
2011, BA(Hons) in Business and Management, University of Northampton, UK
Background
2019-2022, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Teesside University, UK
2018, Teaching Assistant (MBA), Bournemouth University, UK
2013, President of Northampton Students’ Union, UK
Projects/Research showcase
Awards
2021-2022, “SMEs Operations and Climate Change: Awareness and Identification of Measures to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gases Emissions”, Research England, [Total Grant Value: £5,000].